Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 152% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	166% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	225% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '20 at 20:50
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 722 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Gigabyte(1458 4042) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	166% Outstanding	Lighting 236 Reflection 225 Parallax 240 193% 234 fps	MRender 277 Gravity 216 Splatting 128 160% 207 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 684 503 504 497 484 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,879 Write 1,582 Mixed 712 SusWrite 524 261% 1,174 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 56.6 218% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,114 DQ Write 1,199 DQ Mixed 919 757% 1,077 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 254%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 106 106 106 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 143 Mixed 103 SusWrite 106 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 109%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 214 227 228 231 230 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 31.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 120%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 - $192

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	483x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	122x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16